Unsportsmanlike conduct: Ex-soccer star Vinnie Jones battling cancer

Former English Premiership star turned actor Vinnie Jones has revealed that both he and his wife Tanya are battling skin cancer. The former Wimbledon, Chelsea and Leeds United star-turned-actor (Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels) told the The UK Sun he noticed a lump beneath his right eye last winter.

The diagnosis was deadly — melanoma, a particularly dangerous strain of skin cancer. Jones told the Sun: “Cancer is a horrible word to hear. I’ve faced the biggest and ugliest lads on the football field and been in some nasty brawls. But this is my toughest and scariest opponent yet.

“When the doctor said I had skin cancer, the first thing I thought was, ‘How long have I got?’ ”

The first lump was taken, but Jones said two more were discovered and he recently had another operation to remove one from the back of his head.

“They have cut out three bits so far and I’m constantly worried now about where I could find it next,” he said.

Jones blamed his love of the outdoors for the cancer, adding a move from England to Los Angeles likely didn’t help.